Re: [OFFTOPIC] Censorship is good, actually. If you don't like that fact, maybe you should commit some client-side censorship, otherwise known as the killfile.

immibis <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 21/04/24 03:28, The Bjornsdottirs - Lightning wrote:
> > I am, in fact, advocating censorship. Why shouldn't we censor someone
> > whose "contributions" amount to driving healthy discussion off the 'net?
> 
> The best argument comes down to "Because I am driving healthy discussion
> off the net and I want to continue doing that." Sn!pe is one of these
> people. He has never denied being Hamas.
> 

Prick.   Crosspost and Followup set to where this belongs.

> >
> > There was something about good money being displaced by bad, and while it
> > does not apply to bullion money for various reasons, it does apply to
> > debates. Bad arguments displace good arguments when both are given equal,
> > rather than due, weight, because they are propounded more insistently
> > (have you ever seen Alex Jones?), and I've seen this time and time again.
> > This is why moderation is needed when there are arguments - to flag up
> > obvious bad arguments and bad ways of arguing, and ensure that bad
> > arguments cannot displace good.


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